Errands in DaNang Vietnam Always Turn Into an Adventure. Come with me and see what we experience!

Hi friends, it's Susan here in Da Nang, Vietnam, and I'm headed out today on this warm but comfortable day, overcast, drizzle on and off, to run some errands, and I'm going to take you along. And I am just as entertained as you hopefully are by what I see and what is going on and changing in the neighborhood. So I'm going to start by just turning the camera around and showing you this corner. I've profiled it in YouTubes in the past. It was, I don't even remember, it was some, it was a small business, and then it was demoed, and then all of a sudden, in a matter of weeks, there was a martini bar here, and it was all glass, black glass stools inside. It did not last long. Before I came around, it was demoed, and then there was a dirt lot. I would not be surprised if I come back and there's like an operating business, like walls painted and customers.

Things happen really, really, really fast, so they just flip over, they flip over. If something works, great. If it, I don't even know why, it doesn't get off the ground or isn't popular... I thought a martini bar, that was kind of a funny spot, because it's a little quieter. There's a, like a bar street in a different neighborhood, but what do I know? All right, so we're going to walk down this main street. I've not brought the camera out with me down this main street in the past. This is called Lê Quang Đạo, and I just, everywhere you look, there's something going on. This is new, there's a little bánh mì stand, and so I think what I'll do is just turn the camera around and be walking that way. I need to go look for a backpack and a new waist pack, so I'm going on a motorcycle trip. I might take a Grab across the river, go look for a helmet.

We'll just play it by ear and see how the timing goes, how the day goes. If it starts to rain, I have a poncho, I have an umbrella. This weather is very unpredictable, and let's just see how the day unfolds. I'm glad you're here. It'll be much more fun to run errands with my friends, so let's go. There's the butcher shop across the street, any kind of restaurant that you might want. Here's Istanbul Kebab, Golden Roof, this is new, fusion cuisine, East meets West. We've got markets, and the neat thing about markets is they always have fresh fruit ready to eat, bananas, sliced mangoes, watermelon. I know that it looks dreary, but if you're from a state where when it's cloudy it's cold, like I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, this is a little different. We're in tropical weather, so it's actually very pleasant out. I'll check in a little bit and find out what the temperature is, Fahrenheit and Celsius, but you see folks relaxing.

These markets are everywhere, ponchos, household items, cold things, cold to drink. But I saw online that there is a bag shop. There's Fly Burgers. There is a bag store, like high end backpacking, travel type bags, that's up the street here, and I could use a little walk because I've been working on the computer all day, so that is where we're headed as our first stop. This right here is a darling, really little coffee shop. I'll just put the camera here quick. It's called Forest, on Lê Quang Đạo and An Thượng 29. This is a, some projects go up very fast. You'll see a steel frame, and this is bricks and cement, bricks and mortar. And then you see projects like this, these aren't going anywhere fast.

These are the real, real big ones that are going to be around for a long time. There is this place on the corner, has changed a lot. The structure hasn't, but the inside, it was a... Hi! I swear this place is a college campus. James just went by and called out and waved. Inevitably I'll run, I'll run into at least one person, if not three or four, anytime you're out walking around. Right here on this, Cherry Lady, so it's like a 50s diner, and it turns into kind of a nightclub at night. Before that, they had, it was the most interesting concept, it was like a camping theme where they had camp tables and chairs, and they had, for the lighting, it was lighting that was encapsulated in tents hanging upside down from the ceiling, like camping sleeping tents.

And then at night they would move all the camp tables and chairs off the main floor and turn it into like a nightclub with a DJ, but it didn't last very long. So I hope this 50s diner does a little bit better. Lots of food, lots of food everywhere, all the time. Let's take a look at the board here. Vietnamese food, we have roast pork, fried rice, crispy fried rice, or crispy fried chicken with fried rice, like Vietnamese food. And there's a coffee shop that I used to go to, the original one, and it is delicious, and they opened up a second one. It's really large, two story, really good coffee, Zi Coffee Roastery. And at this coffee shop they will make the coffee the way that you like, so you can choose what region the coffee is from, you can choose the way that it's made, whether it's with a filter or like a cold brew or a drip or a phin or like an espresso machine.

So they'll give you pictures and you can point to the one that you like. And so for example, you might say, oh, I want a phin coffee, and I want it to be Ethiopian dark roast. So, pretty neat. Just piggybacks on the coffee culture around here. They make a great flat white, cappuccino. One thing to note is sidewalks are, you have to watch your step. Sidewalks can be uneven, they can be torn up, there could be, there could be... Okay, let's use this as an example. This is a very minor example, but that tile is different, and so there's an edge to it, so you always want to just watch where you're stepping, because the ground is not, you can't expect that the ground is going to be even. And hello. Sometimes there's even like a small pipe or some kind of a metal hook coming up out of the ground, like a, something you might like attach a carabiner to.

This is bún bò Huế, and this, so this is delicious. It's a really nice alternative to phở or mì Quảng, and it is right next door to a very popular, digital nomad, Loving Vegan. This is a local favorite here. Even if you're not vegan, it's a popular, like, let's all meet up here after a dance or after an event. Spring rolls, Buffalo cauliflower, barbecue, just really tasty stuff. Hi! That's so cute, that motorbike helmet, it's adorable. So cute. So, separately from the Western coffee shops, this is more of a local coffee shop. You see the little tables and chairs, they might be wood, they might be plastic, they don't necessarily need to all look the same, they're usually facing forward.

And here's another one. And you'll see in these coffee shops, like the cà phê đen, the black coffee, the cà phê sữa, which is the Vietnamese coffee with sweetened condensed milk. This is a very typical setup, especially on a corner, and Vietnamese have mastered this way of being, of taking a break and being present and socializing with friends and neighbors over tea or a coffee, and not being in such a constant rush. The, how they manage time is different, and I really have learned to appreciate the differences. All right, right here, Tabalo, this is the store I'm headed into, so we will cross the street here.

Let's go on inside. There's a lot of markets, hello, and shops that have some nice bags, but also, you know, everything is, you get what you pay for, so, well, a lot of things are, let's put it that way. So I might get a suitcase at a market and it's $12 or $15, and the zipper doesn't last as long as I would hope, or a zipper on a backpack breaks, so you know, that's why it could be sold for that price. So this shop has a good reputation, and we're going to take a look around. It's so, oh my gosh, that's so little. So one thing that I'm looking for, and I don't know if I'm going to find it, is on my North Face backpack that I have had, and it's traveled around the world with me for probably 15 years. It is sturdy, it's solid, it's lightweight, but my favorite part is it has these, you know, the waist strap, but they're not these massive wings that come out, that are structured, that are like a backpacking backpack, and they're not just a little strap, but they're, I don't know, they're just about this big on either side.

The other thing I might get, for the front of me, and also because we're going to go, I have to pack everything in a backpack to ride on a motorbike, motorcycle for a week, is a day pack for hiking, something you can just wad up, and you can, or you can throw your extra stuff in, or wear it as a front pack if you need to. This is a good candidate, so I'm going to take a closer look at this. Okay, I'm kind of digging this one. What do you guys think? The color is nice too, and it has a waist strap. It's just not padded, that's okay. Okay, on another note, shopping for clothes in Vietnam is humbling. So these, for example, these, let me describe them, these are a 3XL. They're not L, they're not XL, they're not 2XL. No, no, no, I mean, they're 3XL. So little. Public service announcement: if you wear larger size clothing in the US, you need to bring your clothes with you, because the clothes here are very small.

And in the US, I might wear a size 2 or a 4, and here I'm going to wear a large, if I can even get my leg in it. If it's Vietnamese clothing, I can't get it past my knee, even if it's an L or XL, so... I might try these on too for being on the back of a motorbike. Why not? I'm going to try on, these are men's size medium. Probably too small. You know, I kind of got over it years ago. All right, so I'm leaving the bag shop, and I have, it, I haven't narrowed down. The thing is, I'm going to a huge market. I'm going to go just do a little comparison. These girls have been absolutely lovely. We were just talking about YouTube, they've been super helpful, and I might be back for these bags, so thanks so much for your help. Thank you, bye! So there's a massive market there, well, there's a lot of massive markets. One is called the Hàn Market. That's the most popular market, that during the summertime there's tour buses that drop their tourists off, usually Asian tourists, and the market is just bustling, and the salespeople are salespeople, and people are buying shoes, shirts with fruit on them, áo dài, the traditional, beautiful Vietnamese gowns that you might see out at an event or a wedding, a lot of snacks, dried mangoes.

And there's seamstresses upstairs in the back that, if you pick a fabric and a style, they'll do quick measurements, and they will... I had an áo dài made, and I needed to leave in like 45 minutes, and I thought, there is no possible way they can make this, finish this in 45 minutes, and she said no, we'll have it done. I went back 45 minutes later, it was done, it was folded, it was in a bag, and she was working on something else. If you're ever looking for, you want to go check out like a local market in your neighborhood or a different neighborhood, you search on chợ, C H O, and some of them are large, some are small, some of them will line a street, and they'll be like vegetables, meat, eggs, textiles, coffee filters, and foods, and some of them are really huge and covered and multi level. So if you don't mind the touristy one, it's the Hàn. If you want to go a little farther into town, it's much larger and it's much more local, that's the Cồn. And then there's little chợ all throughout all the neighborhoods, all varying sizes, charming, fun. Hair, hair supplies, bags jackets shirts, so definitely check them out.

One note on the girls that were just working in that bag store is they saw me with the camera, and I told them I had a YouTube, and their response is so typical, so delightful. They're like, "You have YouTube?" Like, they're so excited, and I said yeah. I showed it to them, they said, "We'll subscribe," so they were looking it up and being so sweet about it. And I said, do you want to be on YouTube? And they gave me big smiles, so that's when I turned the camera around and I was talking a little bit about the bags and showing them. But I make a point, like in a situation like that, to make sure to either ask ahead of time and get their agreement, or if I'm filming and I happen to stumble across people and then they're in the film, say, hey, is that okay for YouTube? And the majority of people, like, oh yeah, and... But it does happen occasionally. I had a gal in a pharmacy, and she's like, no, you know, I prefer to not be on YouTube. Like, she said, I'm really shy. So not a problem at all. I'm enjoying this place so much, I want to be a proper guest and not upset anybody.

Bánh mì stand, I love that. Bánh mì are so good, and they're made with like French, French bread, not like the really thick, heavy bread, so they're just delicious. And before we continue, we have to see the durian. This is a little durian statue, and here he's selling the durian fruit. And what they do is they will weigh it, and then you purchase it by the kilo, and then they'll open it and give you the inside. If you haven't had durian, it's a must try. It's a must try. Here's a piece right here. Let's do this. Hello. What it looks like on the inside. It is oftentimes an acquired taste. So here he is weighing some. It is very rich. The texture can vary from like more solid, you can see he's pressing on it, probably telling someone what the texture is like, it's pretty solid, to more mushy.

And the flavor also can, it varies through, like, even on one piece the flavor varies, based on the ripeness and the softness. But I like it. It's not for everybody, and the reason it has such a reputation is it has a very potent smell to it that's unpleasant. So I don't think it tastes how it smells, but it's not allowed in a lot of establishments and hotels. Like, you'll see a picture and there'll be a circle... Hello! Do you know me? Do you want to be on YouTube? Yeah yeah. All right, well, this is fun. My friends in Minnesota, oh, hi friends in Minnesota! What's your name? Jeremiah. Jeremiah. Susan. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. How fun. So I'm just out walking around running errands, and I haven't filmed in a while, and I thought I'll take my camera. I'm in an area that I'm not typically in. Yeah, I'm walking down the street, and I'm passing this gentleman, and he looks up and he says, "Hi Susan."

Oh hi! What a nice guy. We just sat there catching up for 15 minutes or so. He's from Minnesota, just moved here. Just talking about the US and Vietnam, and I love it when people say hi, so really glad that he did. If you're watching this and you end up here in Da Nang and you see me, please say hi. It's these little alleyways. How charming is this? It's just a little bit, it's not drizzling, just, it was raining earlier, so the trees and the leaves are just kind of dripping. And I was on this main busy road, and I love these because cars don't go down them. They're not a thoroughfare. They would fit a small car if you needed to. They're just charming. You see people's homes. Hello. Eyelash and nail nourishing shampoo. So this little spot, oh, here's a school. Looks like they're doing some remodeling there, little kindergarten.

These are the streets that it's so pleasant to walk down. Hello. No thank you. Thank you. So that is such typical Vietnamese style. He said, you know, do you want a beer? And because they're sitting there, they're all having beers and offering me one as I go by. All right, you can't pass up a thrift shop when you run into a thrift store, right? Unexpected, but let's just go see what's in here. Hello. Somebody is a fan of Pink Panther here. How cute. Some cute vintage things for my local friends. To continue on my way. Okay, this cat is cracking me up. Just one more, one more, one more shot of the relaxed cat. I don't see cats around here that often.

It's not, having pets isn't really a Vietnamese thing. Some people have pets, but it's not common. And I, like in, in Santa Monica, where I most recently lived, everybody has a dog, and oftentimes I recognize the dog and I know their names before the owners. And lots of people have cats. But around here, there's cat cafés. Go to the café and buy a coffee and pet the gorgeous cats. Look what I stumbled across here, one of my favorite sights, coconuts. This street up here, it's one block up from a busy street, has a daily market. I'll just walk down this way a little bit. It's already probably 4 o'clock in the afternoon. 19,000 is, I don't know, maybe 70 cents.

It's 26,000 Vietnamese đồng to the US dollar, so maybe that's 70 cents, and usually that means per kilo, which is 2.2 pounds. I was actually going towards the city, but as long as we're here, let's just stop here, take a look. See all kinds of different fruits here. My mind is blanking on the names of some of them. I see longan and lychee, kumquat, oranges pears peppers rambutan bananas. So what they do here is you can just ask for them to like cut, and then they'll weigh what's left, and just depending on how many bananas you want. Food is so good. So one thing I just adore is how resourceful they are. Everybody's working, everyone's doing something. This guy over here, he's selling fish.

People are picking up their groceries. This bike seat here has a little built-on back shelf. If we go this way just a little bit longer, it's this street right here to the left that has the market, and it's busy right now with people getting their food for dinner. So you just ride your motorbike down the center, stop at any of the stands, get fruit, fish, vegetables, anything you need, spices, continue through to the other end, and keep driving home. You don't park or get off your bike. Sometimes there's a little bottleneck in there, everybody sorts it out. Right here we've got ginger and turmeric, two of my favorite spices. I actually blend these in a blender, a little lemon, and make ice cubes out of them, and I can drop an ice cube into hot water and have a lemon ginger turmeric tea.

Here's garlic, the little weighing scale, and you can just buy as much as you want. She has some prepackaged. I was going to head to the market, but what I can do is walk straight down this center area. Let's go. Rubber sandals, umbrellas ponchos eggs. You know, I had someone point out that they just don't place a high value on physical things, and so you see a lot of the homes and restaurants with very similar looking red plastic stools. They place high value on healthy, quality, delicious food, time, time with friends and family. And if something gets dirty or ruined, oh, there's some like mealworms, you don't see people getting upset, because it's not, you know, like a $300 dress.

And there's something very pleasant about that attitude of everything's just easily replaceable, nothing to stress about. So nobody stresses, and society feels very, just kind of calm and happy as a result, like not having to worry about their belongings. Ponchos and clothing, shoes, you know, we wade through the rain. So here's the indoor of the market that will have more clothing and seamstresses. The outdoors is always where the fresh food is. You can see inside, spices, they'll have watches, jewelry, all those types of things. And it is now raining pretty, pretty hard. One thing you start to get used to pretty quick is seeing butchers outside on tables with all the pieces of a certain animal. You see ribs and heart and liver, or you'll see the entire chicken.

Oh, that's a cute little alleyway up. Bánh bao guy, always working. Oh, and I know this one. This one is so cute, I know him. He circles around some of the restaurants in my neighborhood, and it's funny, I'll be like mid bite of a bowl of phở, sitting outside at a picnic table, and he'll come by and give, put up his, you know, index finger and go, "One?" No. He's like, "Just one." No thanks. And he'll come up and go, "Just one." It's... And so I was with some friends the other night at somebody's house, and we were like, "Just one." It's endearing. Here we have black chicken feet. I'd never seen those before I came here. Rain is just, like, people put on ponchos, but in general they just don't get really rattled about rain because it's so frequent. It's a part of life.

Just go in, dry off. And I'm just so thoroughly entertained every time I'm outside. I really enjoy what I'm doing right now, which is walking down the street. There's interesting things to see in every direction, smiling faces, busy people. There's some seamstresses over there, there's construction, a tech shop. That would be a cute little alleyway to go down. Should I? Maybe a little closer. I'm going to make a run for it here. There we go, we'll get off that main road where there's a lot of cars and motorbikes. There's a seamstress, some rice, some pretty white cats. More white cats. One of the things that I noticed here that is so pleasant is nobody messes with anybody else's stuff, so it's, it's common to see open areas, and there's a bike, there's somebody's house, there's things sitting out. Hello.

Hello. Another dress shop. You'll notice in these neighborhoods that similar type shops are grouped together, so there will be, like, all bike mechanics, a number of them in a row, and here is some seamstresses, fabric, sewing machines, and it's all homes. If you look back, you see stairs, and upstairs is bedrooms. Hello. Oh, they're smiling and waving, coming home from school in their uniforms, their little backpacks. Very safe, everybody looks out for everyone. Kids are adored. So there's a little alleyway back to houses, there's a little alleyway back to some houses. So what this lady right here on the left is doing is selling lotto tickets. So she just walked up to the gentleman having coffee and asked if they wanted to buy lotto tickets.

They're very inexpensive, but that gives her a job with some income. So right when I was talking about him, the guy at the coffee shop said hello. He said, oh, you're a YouTuber, because he sees the camera, and it looks like this. Hey, I have a new subscriber! New subscriber! Thank you, yeah. I'll, hi, I'll put my camera away for a bit, and I'll help him find the, help him find the channel. And this is how it happens. They asked me if I wanted a coffee, if I wanted to sit down, and I'm not going to block anybody's blessing. I don't say no to an invitation, completely friendly. Said hello, I was telling them I'm getting ready to head out and go look for a bag. They're showing me on their maps on their phone the best bag places, the best markets. They asked me if I need a Grab. That is typical Vietnamese hospitality. I told him I'm just going to walk on foot for a little bit longer and then get out to a main road, and then I'll jump on a Grab from there, but so pleasant.

Thank you so much, thank you. Bye bye. Look at all of the eggs in here. It's a lot of eggs. Just feels good to be here, in my opinion, in my experience, and I know everybody's is different. We all come from different perspectives, but I can share from my experience. Dress shop, gold shop, a bakery. I'm going to come up and get a little closer view of the baked goods here. We have bread, it looks like a kind of a chocolate cake. So the lighting might be a little funky here, but this is pork floss. And let's see, we've got some cinnamon rolls and donuts. I love being on foot also because you stumble across all these darling little places that you wouldn't see otherwise.

All right, I called my Grab, he should be here any minute. And something I just noticed, I was thinking about the other day, I wanted to comment on, is a lady just came along right here. Even though this street goes that way, right in front of me, and she was coming the opposite way, and she turned that corner. She's a Vietnamese lady, probably in her 60s, and I thought, no one is telling anybody what to do or expecting that people are going to do things a certain way and getting upset that they don't. So technically she's going the wrong way, but in this society, people don't tell each other like, oh, you're doing something wrong, or I almost got in an accident because you're going the wrong way. Everyone kind of expects everyone to do what they're doing and accommodates it and doesn't get mad, doesn't tell them to do things differently. Everyone just does their thing. All right, so I'm going to check my phone for my Grab. Just came over the Dragon Bridge, and the head is on the beach side, the tail is right here.

But every weekend, 9 to 9:15, this whole bridge is closed down to traffic, and people are gathered around down below and on the bridge and on the staircase, and the giant mouth opens up and balls of fire spit out, the plumes of dark smoke that go up in the air, and then water spits out. It's, of course they do, of course, of course they do. All right, I'm across the river, I'm at this Miniso shop. It's rush hour, so I have to pay a little closer attention because I'm in the city, it's busy. Let's take a look. So all these places I'm going to, I could absolutely call a motorbike Grab to go from errand to errand, and that would be the most efficient, but I love walking. I love walking around the streets, the sights, the smells, the activity, the energy.

I discover all sorts of new things, like case in point, there's a little photo booth right here. I guess you just pay your money, and a little built-in photo booth. Or sometimes these cute little cafés and restaurants I wouldn't normally notice, they don't show up on a map or any list, but discover all kinds of gems and have interactions and experiences when you are on foot, without a, kind of a rushed, focused destination. And like right now, I know where I'm going, but I'm not in a big hurry to get straight there and back out, which is kind of the way that I've learned is the best way to navigate Vietnam, because of the unexpected. And life is a lot easier if you just kind of know your general direction and then you pivot and make adjustments as you go.

And sometimes those things are like a delay in traffic or something like that, and other times it's that you meet new friends. And so I take it as it comes, which is very different than my prior scheduled life, and I really, really enjoy it. Here's the beautiful pink cathedral at night. See if I can get a view through the fence here. Isn't that gorgeous? It's also called the Rooster Cathedral. I guess there's a rooster up on the top. Some locals were telling me that that's what they always knew it as growing up. That's where I went for Easter Sunday service this last year. That's where I went up the spiral staircase in the back because it was so crowded, and a gal scooted over on the bench seating up there, like stadium seating but narrow, and motioned that there was a seat next to her.

It wasn't till the end of the service, or near the end, that I realized I was sitting with the choir, and they had completely welcomed me in and offered me a seat and never once suggested that I was in the wrong place. I thought, typical, typical Vietnamese hospitality. They wanted to make sure that I felt welcome and not uncomfortable, or not, that I was in the wrong place. And here is where we see the Hàn Market. There's a hat shop. Oh, she's making a really pretty flower arrangement. I don't think I've actually ever been here at night before. It's always a daytime thing for me. Let's go on in, and I'm going to head straight up to the baggage area. It can be a little bit overwhelming in here if you're not used to it, especially when all the tour buses are here, summertime on a weekend, oh my goodness.

But I know my way around now, and I know what to expect. It's not a place you want to come on a swelteringly hot day when it's shoulder to shoulder people. So I'm going to head up the stairs here, and up here, oh, it's not bad at all. I've been up here where you can't really walk because there's too many people and families. Here is the upstairs, lots of shirts. Let's see, some dresses. And here is, here's the bags. There's a lot, so I'm going to start my hunt right here. Pro tip: do not come tired or hungry. It's easily overwhelming because there's so much stuff, and it's warm in here. There's the WC.

Just making some food, snacks here. Come around from the other side. That's a little wider of an aisle here, not so congested. Take a look at some more bags. If you can't tell, we're in the shoe aisle. Shoes everywhere, top to bottom, as far as you can see down the aisleway. All right, this guy is a great salesman. You know what, I came in here looking for a backpack, couldn't decide, we're getting two. We have this guy that's expandable, so that's great also. It opens up almost like a little suitcase.

Then we have this one that's really lightweight and fabulous, and I use backpacks all the time, so it's going to be great. Thank you, yeah, thank you very much. We're just having a great time with this because it's expandable. Hello, everyone! Hello hello hello! It's a, everyone's getting a slapstick silly. It's hot, and yeah, okay. So not only, this is my new backpack, my other new backpack's inside, and the backpack I was wearing is inside. So he's showing me the functionality, and I'm going to wear this home because I'm, jumping on a motorbike, and it will be my perfect demo for my motorbike ride that I'm buying this for. Thank you. Yes yes. Thank you. Yeah, they're all excited, but I have a YouTube, so now... Bye bye. Hello. Oh hello. Thank you very much. See you next time. My friend, you travel Vietnam? Yes!

We'll see you next time. See you. See you, madam. Okay, bye bye. If I remember right, there is a restaurant right along here, and it is almost 7:00, so it's perfect time for dinner, and I'm going to pop in because it was delicious. There it is, right there. Oh, look what just was set down in front of me. This is phở. That is beef phở. It has the broth, the rice noodles, the beef, the greens. Here we have Thai basil and sprouts, some peppers, and garlic, and fresh coconut, and yum. And this is what it looks like after I've added the veggies and sides to the phở now. Bon appétit! Oh my goodness, this lighting is terrible. So I don't always, I don't typically talk about the price of things too much, because that's not why I'm here in Vietnam, but it really is also just remarkable to me that this bowl of phở in a restaurant in a touristy area of the city is less than $4.

It's 89,000 Vietnamese đồng, probably like $3.50. Delicious, absolutely delicious. And I'm inside with music and a fan going, and yeah, prices are very reasonable, and quick, easy food. I don't have to sit down and spend a lot of time on a menu. It's going to be one of these simple things, and the food, I know, soon as I wash my hands, come out of the ladies' room, my food was arriving. So it's just very, very quick, light, easy sustaining nourishing. I'll eat it, I'll be very, I feel very well fed but not full, not lethargic, and then we'll run to the technology shop if they're still open, and then who knows what after that. Let's eat. Bon appétit! Sorry folks, that's all that's left. Dinner was wonderful. While I'm thinking of prices, so these two backpacks that I got together, I paid about $21. Are they going to be holding together throughout my whole trip?

I don't know. Are they going to last more than one trip? I don't know. But it's all going to work out. So I just did something I have not done since I can remember, called a car taxi, a car Grab. It's just raining cats and dogs, and it feels very luxurious to be in a car right now in the rain. Long day of walking and shopping, warm dinner, very weary. We're going to stop into a technology shop and then wrap it up.